Ramsey Milholland and Dora Yocum in a Class of 1890s
In a grammar room Ramsey Milholland endures Dora Yocum as the Teacher’s Pet dominates declamation and arithmetic. He watches her from the back, resents her, and clashes with Wesley Bender amid staged mischief and schoolyard retaliation. Lincoln’s Gettysburg Address offers quiet refuge from classroom politics.
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Aly J
Ramsey
Dora Yocum’s. Heraughter
George Washington
Paul Revere
United States
Shakespeare
Dora Yocum
Abraham Lincoln
Dora
Lincoln
Wesley Bender
Teo
Foreign Office
Fred Mitchell
Bender
Wes
Wesley
Pers
Dors Yocum
Teacher's Pet in a Civil War Vignette
Ramsey Milholland and his grandfather watch the Decoration Day Parade as the veteran imparts the war's meaning. Years later Ramsey recalls the lessons with startling vividness though he is not a standout student. He harbors a strong dislike for German as a child, even more than arithmetic.
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Ramsey Milholland
Ramsey
Ramsey Faces High School Amid Unforgiven Rupture
In Chapter III, Ramsey enters high school with her, four years after their split, still unable to forgive. He struggles to move past the hurt as he navigates the new school year accompanied by her, while she appears less formidable.
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Ramsey
Esha
Just Gimme One Chance to Show That Girl What She Is
A terse line expressing a bold demand to prove the speaker’s claim. Context hints at a confrontational challenge to a named girl, suggesting a personal dispute or boastful challenge rather than a formal report. The exact origin or setting is not provided.
Life in a tiny hut a tale of hair nets and gold
A clipped exchange features a girl asking for hair nets and a clerk confirming options. A line about gold states that a single ounce can be drawn into a wire about 50 miles long, illustrating a curious comparison.
Montana County Agents Expand Farm Service in 1921
The 1921 Montana county agent program reports 26 counties with agents and additional requests unmet due to funding. Agents conducted 1,144 demonstrations with 12,738 attendees, averaged 46 demonstrations per agent and 509 per show. They answered 55,106 office calls and made 9,723 farm calls, wrote 35,150 letters and 2,071 newspaper articles, and led campaigns in crops, livestock, pest control, soil improvement, poultry, and boys and girls club work with 4,812 club members statewide.
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Montana
Montana Press
Stillwater County
Minneapolis
Phillips County
Blackleg
Market for young guinea fowl peak in late summer and fall
The guide notes the guinea fowl market favors young birds weighing one to two pounds in late summer and fall with heavier demand as the season advances. Unplucked birds sell better for general markets while dressed birds suit hotels and restaurants. feathers on or off is dealer dependent.
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United States Department Onf Agriculture
Department of Agriculture
Gopher Bait Not a Menace to Bird Life in Montana
The Biological Survey finds poisoned oats used to kill ground squirrels pose no threat to Montana birds. Years of investigations show gallinaceous birds such as partridge and grouse are immune to strychnine poisoning. Smaller birds avoid the oats and other grain might endanger song birds. counties with long use report no bird life loss.
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Montana
Biological Survey
Sugar beet hailed as good crop for Billings farms
Montana State College circular No 101 reports beets as a desirable crop in the Billings district where 1914 15 farm income averaged 976 on beet farms vs 364 on non beet farms. The circular notes many small farms and says growing beets helps provide a living and aids in farm income. Figures come from 151 farms surveyed in the Billings district.
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Billings
Montana Experiment Station
Bulletin
Bulletin on Exhibits for Montana Fairs
In late August and early September farmers in Montana consider county and state fairs. They may write to the Montana Extension service at Bozeman for Bulletin No. 50, Gathering and Preparing Show Grains and Grasses. Another publication asks How Prize Winning Vegetables Are Picked.
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Montana
Bozeman
Plums Do Well In State Varieties Suited To Montana Orchards
A Montana study shows many plum varieties adapt to home orchards. Promising types include DeSoto American Eagle Wyant Forest Garden Hanson hybrids Opata Sapa and Damson. In western lowlands varieties Omaha Lombard Pond Seedling Peach Yellow Egg Columbia and Bradshaw thrive.
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Montana
Hanson
Opata
Sapa
Omaha
Lombard
Columbia
Bradshaw
Septic Tank Advice From Montana Experiment Station
Bulletin No. 187 promotes using slack days in late summer or early fall to build a septic tank for farm house sewage. The Missouri Montana bulletin describes methods of preparing the tank and is available by writing to Bozeman.
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Montana
Bozeman
Timely wheat seeding at Judith Basin substation
Seed before September 20 yields best results for winter wheat sown on fallowed land at the Judith Basin experimental substation near Moccasin. Seeded between August 1 and September 15 shows strongest establishment, while sowing after September 2 risks poor fall vigor and winter kill.
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Judith Basin
Moccasin
Seed samples analyzed free at Montana station laboratory
Persons and firms may send seed samples to the Montana experiment station at Boveman for free analysis. The state grain laboratory tests germination percentage weed content foreign seeds dirt and broken seeds. The laboratory is operated by the state.
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Montana Experiment Station
Boveman
Barley Feed Valid for Pigs Over Sixty Pounds
Montana Experiment Station findings indicate barley feed is suitable for feeding pigs of 60 pounds or more. The study notes barley can reduce need for added tanking and supports efficient pig feeding strategies at midweights.
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Montana Experiment
Prevent Poultry Ailments Through Clean Quarters
To avoid poultry diseases, maintain clean quarters and proper feeding. Health hinges on a dry, ventilated coop with intact roofing, dry litter, adequate roost spaces, clean scratch litter, balanced rations, grit, and proper ventilation. damp, drafts, and moisture trigger digestive and vitality issues.
Cold storage and feeding tips for poultry care
The note advises preserving eggs in cold storage by waterglass, keeping chicks hungry, avoiding overfeeding, using sodium fluoride in feathers to deter lice, and spreading air slaked lime to prevent disease. It recommends alfalfa meal and wheat bran in mash, and stresses not selling hens while maintaining a flock for home use and future higher prices.
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Pfat
Dorn Yocum
Rumsey
Old North Church
Booth Clarkington
Trwin Myers
Doubleday, Page & Company
Montana Extension Service
Tank Aids Sanitation
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